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Illegal python skins feed hunger for fashionable handbags and shoes

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Python farms could be the antidote to the $1bn-a-year black market in these fashionable and expensive skins

Why are handbag manufacturers using stingray skin?

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I find it repugnant that bags and purses are being made out of shagreen. Isn’t it unethical?
Email lucy.siegle@observer.co.uk with your ethical dilemma

‘Shark Parks’ – a new concept in marine conservation

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Shark Parks project: Telling the shark story Plans for UK’s first ‘Shark Park,’ revealed Over 15% of the world’s shark species are classified as ‘threatened’ by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and it is estimated that around 100 million sharks are killed by humans each year. Six million of these are killed … Read more